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The Divine Gardener & The Grand Inquisitor

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https://youtu.be/etNKdE5iwhI On this 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Jesus teaches us through the parable of the tenants from the 21st chapter of Matthew's Gospel. As Tony explains, in doing so, Jesus gets right to the heart of a profound mys...
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Faith Must Be Lived

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https://youtu.be/KfqkIHgBDns This Sunday, Jesus impresses upon us the importance of living out our faith through the parable of the two sons. As Tony Crescio discusses in light of the Gospel and our first reading from the Book of Ezekiel, t...
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It’s Never Too Late

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https://youtu.be/FW6A60S_PZU On this 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Jesus teaches us the parable of the landowner calling laborers into his vineyard to work. As Tony Crescio explains in his reflection, with this parable, Jesus reveals someth...
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Nietzsche, the Death of God, and a Morality Beyond Good and Evil

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https://youtu.be/ke7a9MGrnw0 In this episode of FRESHImage Presents, Tony Crescio, takes a deep dive into the thought of 19th century philosopher who famously coined the phrase, “God is dead,” Friedrich Nietzsche. By overviewing some of Nie...
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Divine Tolerance

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https://youtu.be/tVvKQQ9IKfw Tolerance is a word we hear regularly thrown about in the public square, and often elevated as a supreme virtue. But we hardly ever hear about what tolerance is, and ironically, the would-be champions of toleran...
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Whisked Along in Love

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https://youtu.be/qmbcYd358Ys Among the spiritual works of mercy is the admonishing of sinners. Though not a work of mercy many of us would choose to carry out, it is precisely the work Jesus calls us to in the Gospel this Sunday. As Tony Cresci...
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The Finest Quality of the Human Family

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https://youtu.be/c4LoATGabE4 On this Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Jesus teaches us a very difficult spiritual lesson in his rebuke of St. Peter. The only way to grow in holiness is to die to our false selves, the selves that we ha...
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St. Augustine of Hippo On The Christian Life of Prayer-Pt. 2

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In part one of this article on St. Augustine’s understanding of the Christian life of prayer we saw that for Augustine, prayer forms the Christian life to such an extent that it can itself be thought of as a prayer. We then began to explore the ...
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St. Augustine of Hippo on The Christian Life of Prayer-Pt. 1

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In his biography of the life of his saintly teacher, Possidius, the Bishop of Calama, describes St. Augustine of Hippo as a man who exemplified the things he taught. Possidius writes,   not only was he a ‘scribe instructed unto the kingdom of...
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St. Monica and Spiritual Motherhood

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Among other things, the celebration of the life of St. Monica today represents the fulfilment of a son’s prayer. At the end of Book Nine of his Confessions, St. Augustine of Hippo asks his readers to pray for his parents, most especially within ...
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